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26 October 2017

Incoming Stagecoach E200s

Further to yesterdays post about the swapping of buses within Stagecoach I have received a couple of photos from Adrian, one of the drivers who collected the 4 5 Enviro 200s from Chester
As a reminder the buses that have now arrived in Plymouth are

Yes that's definitely five buses listed. I did a rough working out from the new timetable and calculated that, excluding the schoolday-only double-deck journeys, the route would need five buses to operate it; so that would make sense.

Not linked to this post, it looks like Jackett's Coaches won't be featuring here any longer on the local bus scene. See the article on the Plymouth Herald website on 26/10/17 detailing very serious safety issues uncovered by DVSA after a number of incidents.

There's quite a comprehensive article in this week's Cornish Times, too. It looks as though Trevellyan Jackett is suffering from a fairly severe dose of the Traffic Commissioners - he has 'lost his repute' and has been barred from operating and from being a traffic manager for two years.

I don't know whether you have covered this, but Citybus now have an outstation in Callington, using what was the Wesrern National/First yard just below the Co-op on New Road. Last Friday there were three Darts and one d/d in there, with space waiting for a fifth bus (last bus from Plymouth?) to fit in.

If Julian is referring to the Cornish Times report, the reason I didn't give a hyperlink was because I read it in the newspaper - do you remember those things made from dead trees and covered in ink? Sorry to be so primitive!

About Me

My main on-line activity is the Plymothian Transit Blog which covers anything and everything to do with transport in and around Plymouth. My main interest was always buses and coaches so these feature heavily in the blog but I am also covering the railways and the road of Plymouth past and present. The development of the City also gets a mention from time to time.